Indian Aesthetics Previous Year UGC-NET English Questions

Match List-I with List-II:

List-I(Library/Institute)

(a) Connemara Public Library

(b) Dhwanyaloka

(c) Bhandarkar Oriental Institute

(d) Asiatic Society

List-II(Location)

I. Kolkata

II. Chennai

III. Mysore

IV. Pune

Choose the correct answer from the option given below:

[1] (a)-I; (b)-III; (c)-IV; (d)-II

[2] (a)-II; (b)-III; (c)-IV; (d)-I

[3] (a)-III; (b)-IV; (c)-II; (d)-I

[4] (a)-IV; (b)-I; (c)-II; (d)-III

Answer: 2

Arrange the following characters in the chronological in which they appeared in Indian literature?

(a) Praneshacharya (Samskara)

(b) Sakuni (Mahabharata)

(c) Rusty (The Room on the Roof)

(d) Gobar (Godan)

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

[1] (a), (b), (c), (d)

[2] (b), (a), (c), (d)

[3] (b), (c), (d), (a)

[4] (b), (d), (c), (a)

Answer: 4

Identify the correct pairs.

[A] Kalidasa – Amoghvarsha

[B] Bhavabhuti – Uttararamcharita

[C] Bhasa – Urubhanga

[D] Rajashekhara – Rajatarangini

[E] Somadeva – Kathasaritsagara

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

[1] A, C and D only

[2] C, D and E only

[3] B, C and E only

[4] B, D and E only

Answer: [3] B, C and E only

Uttararamacharita by____ is based on Valmiki’s Ramayana.

[1] Bhasa

[2] Bhavabhuti

[3] Bharavi

[4] Kalidasa

Answer: [2] Bhavabhuti

Which of the following concepts are associated with Bhartrhari’s theory of ‘Sphota’?

[A] Rasa

[B] Alankara

[C] Dhvani

[D] Vakrokti

[E] Shabda Brahman

Choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:

[1] A and E only

[2] C and E only

[3] D and B only

[4] A and C only

Answer: [2] C and E only

Abhijnansakuntalam makes use of the following four languages

1) Sanskrit, Shauraseni, Tamil and Maharshtri

2) Sanskrit, Shauraseni, Pali and Oriya

3) Sanskrit, Brajabuli, Maharashtri and Magdhi

4) Sanskrit, Shauraseni, Maharashtri and Magdhi

Answer: 4) Sanskrit, Shauraseni, Maharashtri and Magdhi

Which three of the following plays were written by Sanskrit dramatist Bhasa?

A) Carudatta

B) Ratnavali

C) Urubhanga

D) Malavikagnimitram

E) Karnabharam

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

1) A. B and D

2) A, C and E

3) B, C and E

4) C, D and E

Answer: 2) A, C and E

Who among the following is the earliest available Indian dramatist?

(1) Bhavabhuti

(2) Kalidas

(3) Bhasa

(4) Rajashekhar

Answer: (3) Bhasa

How many major forms of drama have been described by Bharata in his manual of dramaturgy?

(1) Seven

(2) Three

(3) Four

(4) Ten

Answer: (4) Ten

Arrange the following texts chronologically:

(A) Bharat’s Natyashastra

(B) Kshemendra’s Aucityavicharacharcha

(C) Bhamah’s Kavyalankara

(D) Kuntak’s Vakroktijivitam

(E) Anandavardhan’s Dhvanyaloka

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

(1) (A), (E), (C), (D), (E)

(2) (A), (C), (D), (E), (B)

(3) (A), (C), (E), (D), (B)

(4) (B), (A), (C), (E), (D)

Answer: (3) (A), (C), (E), (D), (B)